The NAL Digital Collections offers one avenue by which customers can use collection materials available in digital format, whether those materials originated in that format or were converted to it later. The NAL Digital Collections offers rich searching, browsing and retrieval of digital materials and collections and provides reliable, long-term online access to selected publications.

The amended FD&C Act (United States, 1998a) defined a food-contact substance as "any substance intended for use as a component of materials used in manufacturing, packing, packaging, transporting, or holding food if such use is not intended to have a technical effect in such food."

Qualified scientists served as consultants to review and evaluate the available information on each of the GRAS substances. These scientists, designated as the Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS), were chosen for their experience and judgment. The Select Committee's evaluations were made independently of FDA or any other group, governmental or nongovernmental. FDA requested LSRO to perform full safety reviews of the more than 235 substances, including some substances listed in the CFR, as well as some substances not listed in the CFR. By 1982, after 10 years of work, SCOGS had produced 151 detailed reports covering over 400 substances.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.

Agricultural research bulletins are published by the US Department of Agriculture as a means of disseminating research results to the public. The Yearbooks of Agriculture have been published on a variety of topics and represent a useful introduction to a variety of agriculturally related subjects.

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States. This database provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. As information is unpdated, new versions of the database are released.

Astronomy: Public Communications

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA was established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 disestablishing NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

Bioinformatics

EMBL Bioinformatics services maintains the world’s most comprehensive range of freely available and up-to-date molecular databases. Developed in collaboration with our colleagues worldwide, our services let you share data, perform complex queries and analyse the results in different ways. You can work locally by downloading our data and software, or use our web services to access our resources programmatically.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and contains the largest biomedical research facility in the world.

Botany: Vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts and lichens of the U.S.

The NIST Chemistry WebBook provides users with easy access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the internet. The data provided in the site are from collections maintained by the NIST Standard Reference Data Program and outside contributors

Each CAS Registry Number (often referred to as a CAS Number) is assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service) is a unique numeric identifier that designates only one substance, has no chemical significance and is a link to a wealth of information about a specific chemical substance Find CAS Registry Numbers in SciFinder®, STN® databases, CAS publications, Other publications, Governmental regulatory agency commercial chemical inventories, Selected Elsevier databases, Handbooks, guides and technical reports, Other printed reference works, Chemical catalogs, etc.

Chemistry: Physical Properties

The Physical Properties Sources Index (PPSI) is a tool for finding resources for physico-chemical and other material properties. It is a starting point for queries such as•Where does one find a listing of rate constants?•Where does precise information on chemical structure (bond lengths, bond angles, torsion angles) of molecules in the gas phase exist?•Where do I find the definition of the quadrupole moment?•Where are techniques for measurement of viscosity described?

Geology and Mapping

Journal Impact Factors

Journal Impact Factors are often used to rate peer-reviewed scientific, technical, medical and engineering journals which are incorporated in the Institute for Scientific Information's Science Citation Index (published by Thomson Scientific)

Mathematics

Statsoft produces Statistical Analysis Software in competition with SAS, BMDP and SPSS. These products are used in statistical analysis and datamining. This is an online statistics text which can be used by students.

Medicine/Pharmaceutical/Medical Devices/Approvals & Recalls

FDA takes great efforts, within its legal authority, to address and prevent drug shortages, which can occur for many reasons, including manufacturing and quality problems, delays, and discontinuations. This site describes Animal Drug Shortages.

Drug shortages can adversely affect drug therapy, compromise or delay medical procedures, and result in medication errors. American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and its partners work to keep the public informed of the most current drug shortages.

hen it is consistent with the public protection responsibilities of the agency and depending on the nature of the violation, it is the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) practice to give individuals and firms an opportunity to take voluntary and prompt corrective action before it initiates an enforcement action. Warning Letters are issued to achieve voluntary compliance and to establish prior notice before the FDA takes an Enforcement Action

Premarket approval (PMA) is the FDA process of scientific and regulatory review to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Class III medical devices. Class III devices are those that support or sustain human life, are of substantial importance in preventing impairment of human health, or which present a potential, unreasonable risk of illness or injury.

PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 25,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. For each trial, review or guideline, PEDro provides the citation details, the abstract and a link to the full text, where possible.

PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Quackwatch is an international network of people who are concerned about health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere.

Safety

The US CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard.

Scientific Hoaxes/ Pseudoscience/Hoax Refutation

The Skeptics Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific and educational organization whose mission is to engage leading experts in investigating the paranormal, fringe science, pseudoscience, and extraordinary claims of all kinds,

Pseudoscience is any belief system or methodology which tries to gain legitimacy by wearing the trappings of science, but fails to abide by the rigorous methodology and standards of evidence that demarcate true science. Although pseudoscience is designed to have the appearance of being scientific, it lacks any of the substance of science.

The National Weather Service is a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA is an Operating Unit of the U.S. Department of Commerce whose mission is to pProvide weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings for the protection of life and property and enhancement of the national economy.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones.

General: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections

Since FAMU has subscribed to a wide variety of scholarly journal aggregators, it would be wise to consult the FAMU databases before using these sources:

Full text PDF's of peer-reviewed journal articles are generally available for post-2000 publications. Pre-2000 publications are not always digitized and abstracts may be found through database aggregators.

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